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Overexpression and Purification of Human Cis-prenyltransferase in Escherichia coli
Published on: August 3, 2017
Purification and characterization of mouse CYP27B1 overproduced by an Escherichia coli system coexpressing molecular
Eriko Uchida1, Norio Kagawa, Toshiyuki Sakaki
1Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Abstract:
The expression of mouse CYP27B1 in Escherichia coli has been dramatically enhanced by coexpression of GroEL/ES. To reveal the enzymatic properties of CYP27B1, we measured its hydroxylation activity toward vitamin D3 and 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 (1alpha(OH)D3) in addition to the physiological substrate 25(OH)D3. Surprisingly, CYP27B1 converted vitamin D3 to 1alpha,25(OH)D3. Both 1alpha-hydroxylation activity toward vitamin D3, and 25-hydroxylation activity toward 1alpha(OH)D3 were observed. The Km and Vmax values for 25-hydroxylation activity toward 1alpha(OH)D3 were estimated to be 1.7 microM and 0.51 mol/min/mol P450, respectively, while those for 1alpha-hydroxylation activity toward 25(OH)D3 were 0.050 microM and 2.73 mol/min/mol P450, respectively. Note that the substrate must be fixed in the opposite direction in the substrate-binding pocket of CYP27B1 between 1alpha-hydroxylation and 25-hydroxylation. Based on these results and the fact that human CYP27A1 and Streptomyces CYP105A1 also convert vitamin D3 to 1alpha,25(OH)D3, 1alpha-hydroxylation, and 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3 appear to be closely linked together.
